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Reuse and Recycling

In Corporate UK

Rachel Lombardi, PhD Director of Business Development

International Synergies Limited

London 30th January 2014 Rushlight Resource Management Conference


Reuse and Recycling

(through Industrial Symbiosis)

In Corporate UK (and Abroad)

Rachel Lombardi, PhD Director of Business Development

International Synergies Limited

London 30th January 2014 Rushlight Resource Management Conference


• Industrial symbiosis creates the market for a broader class

of resources

• Case studies of successful resource arrangements

• External drivers stimulating mainstream transformation

• New commercial model is as yet unclear

An Industrial Symbiosis Perspective on Recyclates


Industrial Symbiosis Creating new Markets for Recyclates

Broadens the resources captured beyond established recyclates markets (paper, card, glass, etc)

Increasing innovation, decreasing competition


Industrial symbiosis – move to a circular economy

Linear system

Products Natural

Resources

“Waste”

Transition to a Circular economy

Natural resources

Products

Products

Waste to Resource

Natural Resources


Elements of Industrial Symbiosis

• Network of diverse organisations

• Expert facilitation

• Fostering eco-innovation and long-term culture change

• Yielding profitable transactions in:

- Novel sourcing of inputs

- Value added destinations for non-product outputs

- Improved business and technical processes

Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012, Journal of Industrial Ecology 16(1):28-37


Resource information from many companies

Our Process: Collect information from companies


•Opportunity Identified and Assessed by Expert Practitioners •Companies Approached •Opportunity Facilitated to Closure

Our Process: Identify and facilitate opportunities


NISP (England) Delivered Outcomes: Economic, Environmental, Social

METRICS In Year Benefits* Lifetime Impact (Max 5 year)

Landfill diversion 9 million tonnes 45 million tonnes

CO2 reduction 8 million tonnes 39 million tonnes

Virgin material savings 12 million tonnes 58 million tonnes

Hazardous waste

eliminated

0.4 million tonnes 2 million tonnes

Water savings 14 million tonnes 71 million tonnes

Cost savings €243 million €1.21 billion

Additional sales €234 million €1.71 billion

Jobs 10,000+

Private investment €374 million

€40 million investment 2005-2012 *all outputs independently verified

Rate Euro £1 = €1.18


Unit Benefit Realised In Year Spend

Lifetime Spend

€1 new income generated for industry €0.02 €0.005

€1 saved by UK industry €0.02 €0.005

1 tonne of virgin material saved €0.48 €0.100

1 tonne of water saved €0.40 €0.080

1 tonne of CO2 reduced €0.73 €0.150

1 tonne of waste diverted from landfill €0.64 €0.130

1 tonne of hazardous waste eliminated €13.74 €2.740

Excellent Return on Investment April 2005 - March 2012

Rate Euro £1 = €1.18

File reference : NISP

workshop Author/Dpt: Paul Kinkead EP/ENV Creation date: 27/392010 Classification: D3 Retention: YC+3 Page: ‹#› /

Welcome to Michelin Paul Kinkead

Environment Manager

File reference: NISP

workshop Author/Dpt Paul Kinkead EP/ENV Creation date: 27/9/2010 Classification: D3 Retention: YC+3 Page : ‹#› /

Reduction in waste to landfill

• Corporate target to eliminate process waste to landfill

• Challenge: difficult materials to recycle

• 36 individual waste streams

• Use of benchmarking within Michelin

• Breakthrough : engagement with NISP to source creative and cost effective solutions

• Access of expert solution providers

File reference: NISP

workshop Author/Dpt Paul Kinkead EP/ENV Creation date: 27/9/2010 Classification: D3 Retention: YC+3 Page : ‹#› /

Reduction in waste to landfill • 97% reduction achieved

• Ballymena factory is the corporate benchmark

• Corporate targets achieved 18 months ahead of plan

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Tonnes to Landfill

2009 result was 57T

Joined NISP


Eco-innovation in products

Key stage for school dinners

• Challenge: food waste going to landfill

• Solution: “Grott Box”, waterproof

cardboard box with wax layer and snug

lid, entirely biodegradable, used to

collect food waste from schools

• 20,000 primary and 4,000 Secondary

Schools = potentially 50-75,000 tonnes

per year of food waste from these

sources alone


Eco-innovation in process

Recovering Precious Metals from X-Ray films • Challenge: Change to X-ray films made existing

process ineffective

• Solution: Engage with University innovation

providers to change to process

• Parties involved: Betts Envirometal, University of

Birmingham & International Synergies IS network

• CO2-eq reduction (24 kt) • Eco-Innovation and Green Growth • Materials security • Regional Economic Development (11 jobs)


Eco-innovation in business process

• Challenge: effectively managing

opportunities for reuse deriving from many

partners

• Solution: ISL created a common

Workspace and Compliance Checklist for

assessing local solution providers and

new suppliers

The results include:

•Diversion from landfill: 73260 tonnes

•CO2 reduction: 168 tonnes

•Cost savings: £76,077 per year

Aggregate reuse – Subcontractor Alliance


Ricoh Disseminates Best Practice through NISP

EE best practice dissemination

• Ricoh adopts variable speed drive system

- £5k investment brings ROI less than 8 months

- Carbon reduction 50 tpa

• Best practice disseminated at NISP event to...

- 70 UK companies including many SMEs

- Belgian company - visitors hosted by ISL

• Technology adopted by GKN with £25k savings and major carbon reduction


Before: 42 x 400w (single fitting) After: 42 x 120w (single fitting)

Toyota Disseminates Best Practice through NISP

• Toyota adopts energy efficient LED lighting across its facility

- 16% reduction in electricity last year

• Best practice disseminated at NISP event to...

- 40 UK companies including Tesco, Next, Royal Mail and many SMEs

- Turkish UN Cleaner Production Centre - visitors hosted by International Synergies Limited


Diverting Hazardous Waste

Companies:

• Mil-Ver Metals • Denso Manufacturing UK

Summary:

• Hazardous Waste generated from Denso producing air conditioning units was collected, reprocessed by Mil-Ver, and used in its manufacturing process

Achievements:

• Cost Saving €45,000 • Hazardous waste diverted from landfill: 15 tonnes • Carbon emissions reduced by: 242 tonnes


Chamberlin & Hill and University of Birmingham

• Problematic foundry slag waste

• Classified as hazardous waste due to calcium oxide content

• NISP facilitated links with ICT at Birmingham University

• Material analysed and reclassified as non-hazardous

Result: Materials now routed to construction sector

• Jobs safeguarded

• €140k p.a. cost savings

Eco-innovation through research


Eco-innovation through research

Horizon Proteins research project, HWU

• Challenge: valuable proteins in brewery waste

going to waste

• Solution: extract proteins in a cost-effective way

for new markets


Industrial Symbiosis across Europe: Cusp of Transformation


Economic impact of Industrial Symbiosis

• Micro: Individual businesses –

• Cost of raw materials

• Cost of waste disposal

• Revenue from new products

• Macro: UK Economy –

• Economic return on investment for UK Government

• Stimulates (eco-) innovation

• Control of critical materials


Economic Drivers for Industrial Symbiosis in Europe

• Volatility of resource pricing

• McKinsey report, Resource Revolution

• 14 at risk critical raw materials identified by EU

• Rising awareness of sustainability issues (eg PlasticsEurope)

• Carbon Trading to include Scope 3 emissions (DG Climate Action)

• EU policies incorporating IS across Directorate Generals

Imperative for practical approaches to create growth


• European Waste Framework Directive - Best Practice (2009)

• Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (2011) – exemplar case study

• DG Enterprise: Sustainable Industry-Going for Growth & Resource Efficiency (2011) – exemplar case study

• DG Regions: Connecting Smart and Sustainable Growth through Smart Specialisation – exemplar case study (2012)

• European Resource Efficiency Platform (2013) key recommendation

• DG Environment: Priority for industrial policy in (2013) recommendation

• DG Enterprise: Communique on Green Entrepreneurship (2013) • Horizon 2020 (2014) included to deliver circular economy

European Policies Promote Industrial Symbiosis for Green Growth


• Immediate demand pull of R&D and technology innovation (including design)

• University of Birmingham study found a high level of

innovation in synergies - 50% involved best available practice - 20% involved new research and development

• Environmental Technologies Action Programme

(ETAP) Eco-innovation exemplar (2007)

Technology and Innovation: Eco-Innovation Exemplar


OECD Identifies Industrial Symbiosis as Critical to Growth Agenda

OECD declared industrial symbiosis ‘a la NISP’ to be “an excellent example of systemic innovation vital for future green growth”

Pollution Control

Cleaner Production

Eco-efficiency

Lifecycle Management

Closed-loop Production

Industrial Symbiosis

Green products

Eco-design

New business models

New modes of provision

Mass application Product & Service

Production Process

Organisational Boundary

Incremental Innovation Systemic Innovation


International Synergies – Our Vision

"Striving to lead the world in innovative industrial ecology solutions for a low

carbon, sustainable economy"


Introducing International Synergies

• Birmingham-based SME

• Offices in Birmingham, Brussels and Belfast

• Specialists in Industrial Ecology Solutions

(World leader in industrial symbiosis)

• Clients from public and private sector

• Experience in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America


Hungary

Turkey

South Korea

Romania

Mexico

Chile

Poland Belgium

Brazil

Italy

Netherlands Slovakia United Kingdom

Finland

South Africa

China

USA

Australia

International Synergies’ Global Experience


International Synergies Limited and NISP: Recognition from all sectors

NISP is accredited by the European Commission as an Exemplar of Eco-Innovation through its Environmental Technologies Action Plan

2007

OECD declares Industrial Symbiosis “a la NISP” an “excellent example of systemic innovation vital for future green growth”

2010 International Synergies received the Environmental Excellence Award for Best Carbon Reduction Programme for NISP

2010

NISP highlighted as 1 of 20 Worldwide Green Game Changing Innovations in a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

2010

British Expertise International Award for implementing the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme on a Global Scale

2009

2013

International Synergies organises a Public Private Partnership on industrial symbiosis for the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF)

2013

2013 Chief Executive awarded Edie.net’s Sustainability Leader of the Year Award

Worldwatch Institute Europe, Best Practice Business Innovation in a Living Economy features NISP as exemplar

http://www.edie.net/

http://www.britishexpertise.org/bx/pages/bx.php

http://www.worldwatch-europe.org/

http://www.edie.net/


International Synergies’ product offering

Network to share best practice and knowledge

Improve profit and reduce risks through new opportunities

Learn ‘why’ and ‘how’ of effective resource management

Review current practices that move up the waste hierarchy

Manage resources across sites/projects to maximise value


Takeaway

• Industrial symbiosis is creating the market for a broader class of resources

• External drivers stimulating mainstream transformation

• New business model as yet unclear


Rachel Lombardi, PhD Director of Business Development International Synergies Limited

t: +44 (0) 121 433 2660 dl: +44 (0) 121 433 2682

e: [email protected] www.international-synergies.com

@IntlSynergies @NISPnetwork

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Reuse and Recycling - Rushlight Events€¦ · Eco-innovation in products Key stage for school dinners • Challenge: food waste going to landfill • Solution: “Grott Box”, waterproof